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Iona Alumnus and Vascular Surgeon to Speak at Careers
in Science Information Lecture Oct. 27
New Rochelle, NY – Dr. George Todd, a leading
vascular surgeon and Iona College Class of 1970 alumnus, will present a
lecture entitled “Careers in Medicine” Thursday, October 27
at 12 pm in room 108 of Cornelia Hall. This event Dr. Todd is currently the chairman of the department of surgery and the senior attending surgeon at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City and the Walter A. Wichern, Jr. professor of surgery at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. In addition to receiving a bachelor of science degree from Iona in 1970, he obtained his doctorate from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He was named among “The Best Doctors in New York” by New York Magazine in 1991, 1996, 1998, and from 1999 to 2004. Dr. Todd was also named “New York’s Top 100 Minimally Invasive Surgeons” by the magazine in 2002. The author of numerous peer review journals and books, he is married to Alice Rein and has three children. Founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, Iona College is a private, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of American Catholic higher education. Iona, currently listed in the US News and World Report's annual "America's Best Colleges 2006" and The Princeton Review's Best Northeastern Colleges 2006 edition, offers undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science, and business administration, as well as master of arts, master of science and master of business administration degrees and numerous post-graduate certificate programs. (-30-) For questions or more information please contact:
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2005 - 2006
is part of the Careers
in Science Information (CSI) initiative at Iona that informs science majors
of the multitude of opportunities a degree in science can afford them.
CSI has several components, including invited speakers, a career information
center on campus and various field trips throughout the academic year.